Thread for BSMD Applicants 2019

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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@Mahikesh congrats! Did you receive a call for NJIT and TCNJ or just NJIT?

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@deepleswar thanks
 NJIT
 both forwarded the app to NJMS


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@Mahikesh
Congratulations on NJIT/ NJMS acceptance.

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thanks @BlessedSSD3Dad

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@Jaswant
@deepleswar
Good luck. Hopefully you will hear soon.

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@deepleswar
Each feeder school for NJMS notifies separately.
Think TCNJ calls will likely be Monday.

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@srk2017
Short answer - yes.

And no offense taken.
Value your inputs on the forum.

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@Mahikesh
Congratulations!
Very happy for you.

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@bsmdseekerskg
Congratulations

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Very happy for you.

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Thank you @NoviceDad

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@Mahikesh - Congratulations! That’s great! All it takes is one was what we said at the beginning of this grueling and stressful but sometimes exciting journey. It’s just the beginning. Best of luck!

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@srk2017 you wrote, “GPA and MCAT upward trends at BSMD programs are usually based on the incoming traditional applicants GPA and MCAT averages. Some of the top schools need 3.9 UG GPA and 99 percentile MCAT (for ORMs) to even get an interview.” When you refer to the fact the ORMs must by 3.9UG GPA and 99 percentile MCAT to get an interview in the top schools does that mean that top schools are then racially discriminating and that if one were to have a non ORM last name that the criteria would be lower?

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@positivelybsmd

Having a non-ORM last name won’t mean anything when you walk into the room and the interviewer sees the color of your skin and your type of hair.

Racial discrimination is allowed under affirmative action- just look at the 2019 MSAR for any given medical school and how at any given GPA-MCAT combination, there is a huge intentional disparity in acceptance rates between Asians and other ethinicities.

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@bsmdseekerskg
Congratulations on Univ of Oklahoma acceptance.

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Thank you @BlessedSSD3Dad

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@Mahikesh congrats on getting that one bird.

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@positivelybsmd In US only medical education would like to have student population distributed similar to US population by race. Because that is how we, human behave to some extent. Only to see the Doc, many prefer by gender and race. Not necessarily racist. But some times people at ease and get satisfaction that if the same race can understand the problems better due to the culture they are familiar. To satisfy the desire of the people, colleges try. But the reality is extreme tilt, especially by Asian population.

US demographics 2017: US Census Bureau
White 60.7
Hispanic 18.1
African-American 13.4
Asian 5.8

Medical school students (4 years) - 2018-19 MSAR
White 46,610 - 51%
Hispanic 5881 - 6.4 %
African-American 6511 7.1 %
Asian 20060 22 %

White is off by 16%
Hispanic off by 66%
AA off by 48%
Asian almost 300% more

So it is natural, the competition and the bar is high for Asian. The bar is low for Hispanic or AA.

Again if you look why so many Asians, probably again the culture / parents influences so much on medical education.

At the end of the day, if some one passionate and ready to put efforts, s/he will get medical seat, may be when may delay by few years.

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@Mahikesh Congratulations on NJMS. Which would your D prefer- NJIT or TCNJ for UG ?

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@SkAdvice Donot count on 7yr BAMD program at Rutgers NB. The intake is very very small. You have to find research, shadowing, hospital volunteer opportunities yourself. Colleges do not prepare you for MCAT but only provide necessary knowledge via coursework. It’s your preparation that will determine your MCAT score. Any of these school will be fine for pre-med. If you got a full-ride/full tuition anywhere, please consider it.